The last X-Men movie before Marvel has greater control over the franchise, Dark Phoenix was probably the best one could hope for. The biggest problems were the franchise's continued resistance to keeping track of their own continuity (Mystique is alive in "the near future" of the very first movie but dies here in 1992?) and the seemingly random and definitely obscure choice of using the D'Bari as the villains. Apparently, the D'Bari homeworld WAS destroyed by the Phoenix Force in the comics but after Jean Grey purged herself of the power, not before... My first thought when seeing the shape-shifters was "If you didn't want to copy Captain Marvel , why use the Skrull?" Though I can't think of any other examples, making an Easter egg a major plotline leaves me unsettled... Speaking of Captain Marvel , apparently, the climax of this film setting was changed from space to a military train to avoid comparison. The best part of the film was
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